Base Data of Metropolitan Waterworks Authority

Section 1. Contact Information

1.1 Contact Name:
Bhanor, , Charoensiri
1.2 Title:
Director of Planning and Organizational Information Department
1.3 Mailing Address:
Metropolitan Waterworks Authority; 400 Prachachuen Road, Tung Song Hong; Laksi , Bangkok 10210, Thailand
1.4 Telephone:
(66) 2504-0195, (66)2504-0201
1.5 Fax:
(66) 2504-0196
1.6 Email Address:
plbgdept@mwa.co.th

Section 2. Water Supply Utility General Information

2.1 Utility Full Name:
Metropolitan Waterworks Authority
2.2 Utility short name or acronym:
MWA
2.3 Country:
Thailand
2.4 Region / State / Province:
Bangkok
2.5 Principal city / town:
Bangkok
2.6 Type of services provided by the utility
  • piped water supply services
2.7 Type of water utility: Government department with separate financial reporting for water supply
2.8 Extent of private sector involvement in your utility:
  • service contract(s)

Section 3: Service Area

3.1 Size of Utility’s area of Responsibility:
3,192.00 km2
3.2 Size of Utility’s present service area:
1,515.00 km2
3.3 Population of Utility’s area of responsibility:
7,808,000 persons
3.4 Population of Utility’s present service area:
6,931,000 persons
3.5 Population served by the Utility with piped water supply:
6,931,000 persons
3.6 Number of towns served with piped water:
3

Section 4. Infrastructure Description

4.1 Source(s) of raw water
 
  • direct river abstraction
4.2 Main methods of treatment used
  • disinfection
  • filtration
  • floculation and sedimentation
  • aeration
4.3 Capacity of production systems:
4,660,000 m3/day
4.4 Length of water distribution network:
22,176 km
4.5 Capacity of storage in network:
678,000 m3
4.6 Piped water supply connections:
Domestic (Households)
1,156,594
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
383,609
TOTAL
1,540,203
4.7 Number of connections with operating water meters:
1,540,203
4.8 Typical length of service pipe from main to water meter:
20.00 m

Section 5. Water Consumption & Production

5.1 Volume of water produced by the Utility:
1,516.00 million m3 / year
5.2 Volume of water bought in bulk from other utility / company:
0.00 million m3 / year
5.3 Volume of water metered:
1,006.00 million m3 / year
5.4 Estimated un-metered consumption:
0.80% of metered consumption
5.5 Estimated un-metered consumption due to meter inaccuracy:
0.19% of metered consumption
5.6 Volume of water billed / sold:
Domestic (Households)
495.85 million m3 / year
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
466.55 million m3 / year
Bulk water sales
43.44 million m3 / year
TOTAL
1,005.83 million m3 / year

Section 6. Water Supply System Performance

6.1 Number of customers who received intermittent supply:

6.2 Typical duration of supply:
24.0 hours / day
6.3 Typical mains water pressure in your pipe network:
5.57 metres
6.4 Number of water pipe breaks in the distribution network:
139,068 # / year
6.5 Required no. of tests of treated water for residual chlorine:
30,000 # / year
6.6 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine carried out:
30,000 # / year
6.7 No.of tests of treated water for residual chlorine passed:
28,500 # / year

Section 7. Staff

7.1 Who does the work in your company:
  • permanent staff – salaried Government employees
  • permanent staff – with contract
  • contracted out to outside company / agency
7.2 Number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff in the company:
Corporate Services (Management, Admin, Finance, Technical, etc.)
969
Water Supply (O&M, Customer Services, Support Services, etc)
3784
Other non water supply (e.g. wastewater, drainage, environment)
0
TOTAL
4753
7.3 No. of staff that participated in at least one training event during the year:
3025 staff
7.4 Total no. of training days (? (participants x training event duration)) in the year:
17649 days
7.5 Proportion of total operating budget used for HRD:
0.12%

Section 8. Customers

8.1 No. of new customers connected to water supply system during the year:
65,521 # / year
8.2 Number of customer complaints recorded during the year:
183,846 # / year
8.3 Means by which customer can make a recorded complaint
  • in person
  • by telephone
  • by email
  • by letter
8.4 How does the Utility find out the views of its customers
  • from customer interactions (letters, telephone calls, enquiry counter, etc.)
  • by responding to customer complaints
  • from customer surveys, questionnaires, etc.
  • by market research
  • Occasional customer Visits
8.5 Typically what is the connection charge for new customers:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households)
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
8.6 Typically what is the water supply fixed charge / month:
  local currency US$
Domestic (Households)
Non Domestic (industrial, commercial, institutional, other)
Bulk water sales
8.7 Typically what is the water tariff for metered consumption:
Tariff Block
Domestic
Non Domestic
Bulk water sales
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
From
To
Cost/m3
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
THB
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
THB
US$
(m3/month)
(m3/month)
THB
US$
1
zero <=30 8.5 0.22 zero <=10 9.5 0.24 zero <=
2
>30 <=40 10.03 0.26 >10 <=20 10.7 0.28 > <=
3
>40 <=50 10.35 0.27 >20 <=30 10.95 0.28 > <=
4
>50   12.58 0.32 >30   12.76 0.33 >  
8.8 Monthly water bill for a household consuming 6 m3 of water / month:
THB
US$
51 1.31

Section 9. Finance

9.1 Water supply revenue of the company:
 
THB
US$
Water sales (consumption related & fixed charges)
12,569,900,000.00
324,100,980.05
Other water related revenue (e.g. materials sales, construction, etc.)
822,000,000.00
21,194,361.58
Subsidies and grants from Government & other sources
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
13,391,900,000.00
345,295,341.62
9.2 Year end Accounts Receivable:
THB
US$
1,321,700,000.00 34,078,573.84
9.3 Operating (recurrent) expenses of the company:
 
THB
US$
Water Supply Operating Expenses
4,316,900,000.00
111,306,495.74
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0.00
0.00
Company Overhead (Corporate Expenses)
0.00
0.00
TOTAL
4,316,900,000.00
111,306,495.74
9.4 Water supply operating expenses of the company:
 
THB
US$
Labour Costs
2,206,100,000.00
56,881,850.46
Electricity
725,300,000.00
18,701,058.94
Chemicals & other Materials
596,600,000.00
15,382,671.68
Contracted out services
450,100,000.00
11,605,331.08
Other
338,800,000.00
8,735,583.58
TOTAL
4,316,900,000.00
111,306,495.74

Section 10. Capital Investment

10.1 Principal source of funds for investment in the last 5 years:
  • own internal sources of funding
  • loan from Government Bank.
  • loan from ODA sources
  • Bond
10.2 Gross fixed asset value including works in progress:
 
THB
US$
Water Supply Assets
40,093,600,000
1,033,769,167
Other services (e.g. drainage, wastewater)
0
0
Corporate Assets
6,131,900,000
158,104,265
TOTAL
46,225,500,000
1,191,873,432
10.3 Total debt servicing cost per year:
THB
US$
4,262,100,000 109,893,538

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